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B. HENRY. 10E CUTTING MACHINE.

No. 245,631. Patented Aug. 16,1881.

UNiTED STATES PATENT OEEicE.

REMI HENRY, OF NEW ROCHELLE, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO HIMSELF AND J. ALBERT MAHLSTEDT, OF SAME PLACE.

ICE-CUTTING MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 245,631, dated August 16, 1881.

Application filed May 12, 1881.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, REMI HENRY, of New Rochelle, estchester county, State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Machine for Cutting Ice for Storage, 850., of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the drawings accompanying the same, in which- Figure 1 is a side view of my invention. Fig.

1e 2 is a plan or top view of the same; Fig. 3, a

view showing apparatus for raising the machine for turning, as hereinafter described; Fig. 4, the appliance for holding the lever or rod, and Fig. 5 the guide-bars or measures 1 used in cutting the ice of the required dimensions.

A represents the frame or body of the machine, which may be as described, or of any form suitable for supporting the cutting-mazo chinery and drawing apparatus, as described. On this frame is a steam boiler, B, used for generating steam for driving the said machinery and the cutting-gear. This boiler may be of any kind that is compact and easily handled.

This boiler has in front of it the usual steampipes.

O is the driving-shaft, which is operated by steam contained in the boiler B. This shaft communicates motion to the axle d, that drives the wheel W. On this wheel IV are cut gears I. On the rod J, which is affixed to the axle d and is worked on said axle, is another gear, 70, which, with the gear 1, is fast on the sleeve M on the rod or handle J. v

3 5 L L are the drive-wheels, having cogs in theirperiphery to take hold of the ice. On the inside of drive-wheel Lis agear cog-wheel, and when motion is imparted to the machine and it is propelled forward the rod J is brought down till the gear lis brought into contact with the said gear-wheel L and held in position by any suitable device.

I show a swinging wedge,V,in Fig.4, hinged at its upper end, which, resting on the handle 5 J, keeps it in close connection. hen the handle is released it is placed in the notch found in wedge V, and held there.

R R are the two front wheels, which bear the weight of the fore part of the machine.

His a circular saw or ice-knife, which, placed (No model.)

in front of the machine, is driven through the ice by means of the wheel N, and revolves on the saw-mandrelf, placed in the opposite side of the machine. This wheel, with its belt passing onto the axle e, on which is placed theicesaw, receives its motion from the axle d.

O is the supporting-rod of the front wheels, R.

P is the arm or bar supporting and holding the ice-saw, and the ice-saw may be raised or lowered by means of the rod S, which is fixed at its lower end on the arm P, and hasa free movement through the frame T, to which also the supporting-rod O is fastened. This rod S has on' it a screw and handle nut, whereby it is raised andlowered,thus regulatingthe depth of the cut of the ice-saw.

I show a chain-belt in use in the spur drivewheel N, as it requires much strength to drive the ice-saw.

Underneath the boiler and on the axle of the drive-wheels L L is fixed a sleeve, U, having the handle a and the legs or projections 3 11/. one of which is shown in Fig. 3. On the end of these projections are wheels. It will be seen that by pressing the handle a up and 7 againstthe boiler the uprights with their wheels are thrown down upon the ice or ground, and, being of the proper length, thus raise the drivewheels off the ice. By taking hold of the handle g, which is firmly riveted to the back part of the boiler, the whole machine may be turned around or moved laterally.

I do not claim any novelty in the mere fact of cutting ice by a circular saw, as this has been done before. 8

It will readily be seen that after the field of ice has been cut in one way the ice may be cut crosswise, and thus, in shape of cakes of the desired size, be harvested.

Any other motor power for impelling the 0 machine may be employed, if desired.

E E are ice gages or directors. These gages are precisely alike, and the description of the one shown will be the description of the one not shown. E, as shown in Figs. 2 and 5, is 5 composed of the brace F, having the plate g, in

' which is a hole, 9, which is placed over the axle of the supporting-wheel. On this brace is the sleeve-arm h, in which is placed an extension-arm, h, which is held in any fixed de sired length by the set-screw h. On the end of this extension-arm h is the knife or pointer h, which is of such a length as on one side to scratch the ice as the machine is propelled along, while the other side follows the cut already made. Thus a uniform measure is obtained. The brace F is fixed to the plate g by hinges, so when not in use the whole may be turned up out of the way.

WVhat I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a machine for cutting ice, the wheel N, with its belt, ice saw H, centrally located, as shown, and the graduating rod S, and a steam-engine, in combination with the axle d, and drive-wheels LL, and rod J, with its gears, all when arranged and operating as specified, to propel, actuate, and operate an ice-cutting machine, substantially as described, and for the purpose specified,

2. The combination of the wheel N and its belt, circular ice-saw H, with'its adjusting-rod S, wheel W, rod J, with its sleeve and gears k Z, guides E E,and drive-wheels L L,in combination with a steam-motor, substantially as described, and for the purpose specified.

3. The combination of the ice-saw H audits adjusting-rod S, wheel N, with its belt, rod J, with its gears, drive-wheels L L, with the sleeve U, having handle u, and legs and wheels 3 y, and guides E E, when used as an ice-machine, substantially as described.

4. In a machine for cutting ice, the ice-saw H, centrally located, as shown, the adjustingrod S, wheel N, with its pulleys, rod J, drive- Wheels L L, sleeve U, having handle u, legs and wheels 3 y, in combination with and operated by a steam engine as the propelling force, substantially as described, and for the purpose specified.

REMI HENRY. Witnesses:

LoUIs VERHAEGEN, J r., B. S. CLARK. 

